{{short description|Australian field hockey player (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Kieran Govers | image = Glasgow 2014 - Hockey (8).jpg | caption = Govers (left) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales | death_date = | death_place = | height = 179 cm<ref name=fih>{{cite web|title=Kieran Govers|url=http://www.fih.ch/global-stars/profiles/australia/men/kieran-govers/|website=fih.ch|publisher=International Hockey Federation|access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref> | weight = 78 kg<ref name=fih/> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2010 New Delhi|Team}} {{MedalGold| 2014 The Hague|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2010 Mönchengladbach|Team}} {{MedalGold|2012 Melbourne|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|Team}} |currentclub=Monarch Padma(2022)}}
'''Kieran Govers''' (born 9 February 1988) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays field hockey professionally in Germany. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League. He first represented Australia in 2010. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup, at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Govers currently serves as the Chairperson of Illawarra South Coast Hockey Inc.
==Personal== Govers is from New South Wales.<ref name=play-jr-nsw>{{cite news|title=Illawarra's action-packed calendar of sport|first=Tim|last=Barrow|date=23 February 2012|access-date=7 March 2012|url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/other/illawarras-actionpacked-calendar-of-sport/2464843.aspx|newspaper=Illawarra Mercury}}</ref> His younger brother is international hockey player Blake Govers.
==Field hockey== Govers played junior hockey in Albion Park, New South Wales.<ref name=play-jr-nsw/> He plays hockey professionally. In 2011, he played club hockey for Mannheim in Germany.<ref name=on-to-not-softball>{{Cite news|access-date=13 March 2012|title=Kookaburra Kieran eyes off London Olympics — SPORTS STAR AWARDS 2010|newspaper=Illawarra Mercury|location=Wollongong, Australia|date=2 February 2011|first=Mike|last=Driscoll|page=59|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:IWMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=135238A8EA3782A8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> In Australia, he plays local club hockey for Sutherland District Hockey club. He played hockey for the Illawarra club in 2011.<ref name=again-in-2011/>
===State team=== He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season.<ref name=nsw-warrtahs>{{cite news|access-date=14 March 2012|title=Scoreboard|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=13 June 2011|page=55|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=137D5ABBD5259EB8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref>
===National team=== Govers first made the national team in 2010.<ref name=on-to-not-softball/> He made his full international appearance in the Hobart-based three-Test series against South Korea.<ref name=on-to-not-softball/> He won a gold medal at the 2010 World Cup, playing in every single game of the campaign.<ref name=on-to-not-softball/> He was left off the roster for the 2010 Commonwealth Games,<ref name=on-to-not-softball/> because Australia has a rotational policy for team inclusion.<ref name=again-in-2011/> He was a member of the 2010 Australian gold winning side that competed at the Champions Trophy and competed in the first three games of the Champions Trophy. He did not play final game despite making an effort to get selected for it by the national team coach.<ref name="on-to-not-softball"/> His laryngitis was one of the reasons that he did not play in the game so he watched the game from the sidelines.<ref name=on-to-not-softball/>
In 2011, he represented Australia in almost every tournament the country participated in.<ref name="again-in-2011" /> He was not a member of the 2011 Champions Cup squad because he had a groin injury.<ref name="again-in-2011">{{cite news|access-date=14 March 2012|title=Govers on his way to London Games — HOCKEY|newspaper=Illawarra Mercury|location=Wollongong, Australia|date=15 December 2011|first=Tim|last=Barrow|page=69|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:IWMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA65B473CA7410&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> He did not compete at the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia in May 2011 because he was injured.<ref name="page-59">{{cite news|page=59|access-date=15 March 2012|title=Deavin back in 'Burras|newspaper=Hobart Mercury|location=Hobart, Australia|date=20 April 2011|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AHMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=136B88BD20A84A60&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad.<ref name="olympic-squad">{{cite news|access-date=7 March 2012|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/kookaburras-name-training-squad-for-2012-olympic-games/story-e6frexni-1226222155261|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=14 December 2011|title=Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games|agency=Australian Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="getting-ready">{{cite news|access-date=7 March 2012|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/12965601/kookaburras-have-no-reason-to-laugh/|title=Kookaburras have no reason to laugh|first=Gene|last=Stephan|newspaper=The West Australian|date=21 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024042547/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/12965601/kookaburras-have-no-reason-to-laugh/|archive-date=24 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="named-swad-3">{{cite news|access-date=9 March 2012|title=FOR THE RECORD|newspaper=The Australian|location=Sydney, Australia|date=15 December 2011|page=35|id=AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D291920D0C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref><ref name="scoreboard-for-games">{{cite news|access-date=9 March 2012|title=SCOREBOARD|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=15 December 2011|page=116|id=DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D2E271CEC98&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> This squad was narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.<ref name="olympic-squad" /> In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.<ref name="hockeu-aus">{{cite web|publisher=Hockey Australia |location=Perth, Western Australia |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d |title=Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign |date=7 February 2012 |access-date=7 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321013204/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> In a game for the Kookaburras against Argentina, his team won 4-0 and he scored a goal.<ref name="argentine-source">{{cite news|url=http://www.canchallena.com/1450263-una-gira-sin-alegria-para-la-seleccion-masculina |title=Una gira sin alegría para la selección masculina |publisher=Canchallena.com |date=20 February 2012 |access-date=7 March 2012 |language=es}}</ref>
He was part of the Australian team that won the 2014 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1030359/kieran_govers.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Kieran Govers Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|language=es|access-date=2017-07-02}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{Commonwealth Games Australia|kieran-govers}} * {{Hockey Australia|5968}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311123507/http://hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/52 |title=Kieran Govers at Hockey.org.au |date=dmy}}
{{Australia FH Squad 2010 World Cup}} {{Australia FH Squad 2011 Champions Trophy}} {{Australia FH Squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} {{Australia FH Squad 2012 Champions Trophy}} {{Australia FH Squad 2014 World Cup}}
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